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Melancholy

Last night while I was in bed, I took a strange melancholy ............ It will be the arrival of the holidays, which will be given The severe cold can not breathe good ............ But last night while I was under the covers came to my mind when we went down to Rome for Christmas with his grandparents. A little 'I was surprised, mainly because I never want to go down ....... you always quarreled during the previous day, had to fight with mental illness (not mine here )....... ..... but it was nice to see Rome, wander around the holes or go to Piazza Navona to see bancaralle and the stream of people ............ Stay in the kitchen with Grandma , that even if the Pittolo frying, always smelled of cologne (I think that only a South American writer might describe to do it justice) and the little boy with his grandfather who returned the dog was still around !!!!! Now the grandparents are gone and there is not even the dog ................... Waking up the gloom did not pass, not the spleen of classical order is perhaps because of deaths in addition to my day today marks an inauspicious .............. it would be nice to hear that beautiful voice strong ................ happy and fortunate that we have the memories ..............
So among my memories I found this


When you set out for Ithaca
hope your road is long
full of adventure and discovery. The
Lestrigoni
or Cyclops, the angry Neptune fear not:
will not be 'this kind of meetings
thoughts remain lofty, if a
feeling stirs your spirit and your body. In
Cyclops Lestrigoni not sure, it
'Neptune incurring the wrath

if you do not carry them within your soul if you do not set them up.

Pray that the road is long,
that there be many summer mornings when
ports - at last and with what joy -
you touch the ground for the first time at Phoenician trading
linger and buy
pearl and coral, ebony and amber, all
fine merchandise, perfumes and even
piercing of all kinds, more '
intoxicating perfumes as you can, go
in many cities' Egyptian
learn a quantity' of the learned things.

Also you have in mind Ithaca -
Arriving there is your constant thought.
Above all, however, 'do not hurry the journey
if it lasts long, for years, and that old
reach the island, you, full of treasures

gained on the way, not expecting Ithaca to riches.
Ithaca has given you the beautiful voyage
without her you would never put
travel: what else do you expect?

And if you find her poor, Ithaca you will have 'disappointed. Without
wise now, with so much experience already on
'you have understood what' Ithaca that mean.

(1911 - Konstantinos Cavafy)